Nian Challenge Event Guide

Marvel Snap’s Nian Challenge community-wide web event kicks off the Lunar New Year celebrations! All players contribute to deal damage to the Nian Beast with firecrackers over the next 2 weeks. Rewards are handed out according to the number of event participation to earn Gold, Credits, and a Lunar New Year Sword Master Avatar. This time, there is even a leaderboard for each of the four regions for the top 10 players to show off an exclusive Title Not a Puny Mortal!

You can access the event by pressing the News icon on the top right hand corner and selecting the News tab (mobile only). Here is our complete guide to the event!

Event Details

A fierce beast has descended upon the village, devouring anything in its path…

It is said that this is the Ancient Legend known as “Nian Beast,” a ferocious creature which is afraid of loud noises and the color red.

In order to protect the village, Shang-Chi and his partners will fight against Nian Beast together…

Event Rules

1. Finish missions to win firecrackers. Firecrackers can be used to deal damage to Nian Beast. 
2. Players can earn a maximum of 300 firecrackers each day. 
3. Rewards will be unlocked when the combined damage from all players reduces Nian’s health to the following breakpoints:
   80% Health: 200 Credits
   40% Health: 100 Gold
   0% Health: Sword Master Lunar New Year Avatar
4. The leaderboard rank will be determined by total damage dealt. In the case of a tie, the player with higher in-game rank wins. Top 10 of each regional leaderboard will obtain: 
   A title: “Not a Puny Mortal!”
5. This event will end 1/30 6:59:59 (UTC 0) or 1/29 22:59:59 PT.

Firecrackers

Win cubes from matches (1 Cube = 1 Firecracker).

Including one of the following cards can double the amount (1 Cube = 2 Firecrackers). Click on the links below the cards to see decks that include these cards!

Remember, players need to come back to the event page to use the firecrackers on the beast!

Week 1

Variants

Shang-Chi

On Reveal: Destroy all enemy cards at this location that have 9 or more Power.

Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Shang-Chi

Variants

Colleen Wing

On Reveal: Discard the lowest-cost card from your hand.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Colleen Wing

Variants

Armor

Ongoing: Cards at this location can’t be destroyed.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Armor

Variants

Psylocke

On Reveal: Next turn, you get +1 Energy.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Psylocke

Week 2

Variants

Sword Master

On Reveal: Discard a card from your hand.

Collection Level 18-214 (Pool 1)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Sword Master

Variants

Jubilee

On Reveal: Add the top card of your deck to this location.

Collection Level 222-474 (Pool 2)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Jubilee

Variants

Aero

On Reveal: Move the last enemy card played this turn to this location.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Aero

Variants

Wong

Ongoing: Your On Reveal abilities at this location happen twice.

Collection Level 486+ (Pool 3)

view card details Start a deck Decks with Wong

Event Rewards

Lunar New Year Bundle

More things could be lined up for the Lunar New Year in 2023, including the upcoming Festival Fireworks Bundle that should go on sale starting from January 22.

We are yet to know how the Sword Master Lunar New Year variant will be distributed to go along with the avatar, whereas the Jubilee variant can be obtained by purchasing the bundle.

Conclusion

Similar to the preceding Hype the Hero! event, this is another low-commitment event that players can expect to earn all the rewards, though this time the top 10 players from each region can also earn an exclusive Title that they can show off. Players are expected to just play games, win or lose, and encourages you to play with one of the four cards. All of them are accessible and are good cards in their respective decks!

Have fun, and let us know how you are going in our Discord or the comments below!